sharefarmingn.
/ˈʃɛːˌfɑːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃɛrˌfɑrmɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈʃeəˌfʌːmɪŋ/ Chiefly Australian.
The action or practice of farming another person's land in return for a share of the profits. Also more generally: any form of sharecropping. Cf. métayage n., sharefarmer n.
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1857 Country Gentleman (Albany, N.Y.) 23 July 64/3 A correspondent who has sought in vain for full and detailed information on the ‘system of share farming’.
1935 F. Clune Rolling down Lachlan 111 Green, the owner, decided to subdivide and start farming. He succeeded, and, extending his activities, originated a scheme of share-farming.
2016 Countryman (W. Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Dec. 1 The business planted more than 3000ha to wheat, oats, barley, lupins and canola, which includes some share-farming.
Compounds
As a modifier, designating an arrangement whereby one person farms another person's in return for a share of the profits or the contract on which it is based, as in sharefarming agreement, sharefarming arrangement, etc.
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1898 Albury Banner & Wodonga Express (Austral.) 15 July 36/2 The share-farming system is being introduced at Narrabri.
1924 New Settlers' Handbk. Victoria 129 Four model share-farming agreements.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 12 Jan. 51/1 Several new variations of the old share-farming system were propounded.
2015 Central Tel. & Rural Weekly (Queensland) (Nexis) 29 May 11 A common sharefarming agreement involves the landowner providing the land and the sharefarmer supplying all labour and machinery to plant and grow the crop at their expense.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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